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Ethos was started in the year 2002 by Ar. Gita Balakrishnan, as a response to a need in
raising awareness about our built environment. It is an initiative to bridge the gap
between students and the professionals, by providing more opportunities to the bud-
ding professionals and creating a platform for young designers and civil engineers who
are to be the decision-makers in the years to come.
Ethos works towards sensitizing students of architecture and civil engineering to the
culture and the ethos that their designs would need to respond to. There is an effort to
equip students to be agents of change, to lead and not just follow. To contribute
towards building a harmonious society. This has been further facilitated by the creation
of Acedge - an online platform to provide education outside classrooms. The main
objective of Ethos is to be the wind beneath the wings of young minds that are to
shape our environment in the years to come.
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CURATORS FOR TRANSPARENCE 16.0
Ar. Sujit Nair
Sujit Nair is principal designer and founder at SDeG, a multi-
disciplinary practice based out of Bangalore, that he runs
with his partner Aruna Sujit. SdeG. He has won awards for
both architecture and interiors, andin 2012, was given the
opportunity to exhibit at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
SDeG was also featured on CNBC’s ‘young turks’ in 2013, a
show widely known to recognize emerging entrepreneurs.
In the past, Sujit has worked as an ‘Architect’ at Zaha Hadid Architects, London. He
holds a Masters’ degree in ‘Architecture and Urbanism’ from the Architectural
Association, London (2004). Sujit has been active in architectural education, as a
visiting design critic at several architecture schools. He has lectured at architect
forums, design schools and public events.
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CURATORS FOR TRANSPARENCE 16.0
Ar Kiran Venkatesh Kiran is the co-founder of InFORM Architects, Bangalore.
The firm has designed over 400 projects till date with 63
awards to its credit since its inception in 1997. Kiran’s
focus is to generate conceptually strong, innovative
designs and to build unique performative buildings that
respond to context, constraints and client needs with
Architectural vision. Kiran is very optimistic about the
role of technology in shaping design and its potential to
influence outcomes from concepts to development and
eventual production/ execution. He is focused on
promoting mechanization in construction to effectively
address the growing disparity between design, execution
quality, demand and supply in the AEC industry.
Along with his practice, Kiran is also active in academics/architecture education. He is the
co-founder of InCITE – a one of its kind Architecture Event Space in the country that is a
platform for exchange of Architectural ideas. Kiran has a wide range of other interests:
Architecture & the City, education, watching movies, reading Science Fiction, traveling,
running, cycling, etc.
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Living spaces are continuously evolving- from being a habitat where one mostly
spends parts of the day to become the epicentre of our daily lives as we move about
from one chore to another. Changing lifestyles, technological disruptions, demography
and epoch-making incidents like the pandemic calls for designs that respond with a
dynamism that aligns. A complex that allows for wholesome living and caters to physi-
cal, emotional and social well-being, which is the call of the day.
The theme this year focuses on better and adapted living spaces along with ancillary
functions to support our evolving and hybrid lifestyles.
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INTERIOR DESIGN COMPETITION
PREMISE | INTENT
Shifting Contexts | Accelerated Change:
The past year has seen us witness a deep shift in our living patterns. Social interaction
in the Digital Medium, Physical Distancing and Isolation have taken precedence over
in-person interactions. Travel for work or pleasure, has been very limited/reduced. In
most cases, spaces have been flipped/multi-tasked to accept different activities that
were predominantly conducted in discrete boxes.
Travel which was taken for granted as a necessity for work and leisure, has not been
possible or even necessary. This has raised questions of our notion for mobility.
Perhaps we need to formulate new ideas of mobility. Physical and Emotional well-
being have never had more mind-space than they do today.
Sustainability is assumed as a priority for designers and end-users both in the past
decade and a global pandemic shows exactly how susceptible the human species is to
nature, be it a virus or climate change. The idea of sustainable living is gradually
becoming part of our lifestyles, as well as our social and economic system.
It’s in this radically-shifted context that this competition brief calls for
Ideas Towards a New Home Experience. One that not only explores,
challenges and tackles the new normal, but projects and predicts their
impact over the coming years. Designers are called to imagine a new
way of life, a Habitat that responds to and challenges the new
paradigms.
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Hybrid Habitats
The competition is centered on the idea of self-contained, self-sustaining hybrid
homes. Designers must reclaim their “Right to Program” rather than leave it to the
vagaries of pure market forces. Designers are encouraged to conceive new transforma-
tive housing - unit prototypes, workspaces, areas for relaxation/recreation, etc., be
programmed to co-exist and function in both pre-imagined/defined and uncertain
circumstances. The project should aim to set a new precedent that provides a vibrant,
healthy environment for the residents, during varying states of normalcy and confine-
ment.
SITE | CONTEXT
The competition offers a reasonably open interpretation of the ídea of a home, so as to
allow each participant to imagine the context of their solutions. Your context is a floor
plate in a large building complex with 70% residential component and 30% as ancillary
functions that facilitate hybrid living.
Make sure you design the interiors of the home, based on the following considerations:
The site of the building may be located in any urban or suburban context, in any
Indian City.
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SITE | CONTEXT
Define the environment of the floor that your hybrid home is a part of. Consider the
home’s context, for e.g.: its neighbours, its relationship to the core, height from the
ground, etc. - and what it might do for the design. Choose from the following unit
types for detailing out:
a. 2 BHK – 100 to 120.0 sqm plinth area.
b. 2.5 BHK – 135 to 150.0 sqm plinth area.
c. 3 BHK – 165 to 180.0 sqm plinth area.
Orientation of the site is open to interpretation. Think about how the orientation is
affecting the spaces inside and mention the same in your submissions.
PROGRAM | CONTENT
Designers are encouraged to reclaim the lost art of Programming (within the
home). Participants are free to challenge the program and profile their own client
for this competition.
Participants are encouraged to come up with strategies that create hybrid spaces
within each unit, within the above area of restriction.
The submission must include a key plan that highlights the relationship
of the home (that you are designing) to the floor that it is located on.
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PROGRAM | CONTENT
Here are a few ways ‘Hybrid’ can be considered in your design (only suggestive):
Hybrid across cultures
Considering the variety of cultures in India, many people find themselves either co-living
with someone from a different culture or living in a different city and culture altogether.
How can homes being shared by cross-cultural users be designed?
For example, you can also consider paid accommodations or rental accommodations.
These spaces cater to people from different cultures with different lifestyles. How to
design a safe and comfortable space without understanding or even knowing the people
who will occupy it?
Hybrid across age
Many homes in India have a tradition of joint families, or find themselves accommodating
residents of various age groups. But are interior design safety and well-being standards
the same for all age groups?
Hybrid across occupation
With recent advancements in lifestyle, work-from-home has become the new normal. It is
easy to design a space for your work at home, but what happens when residents with
varied occupations live together? Can a writer and a musician have the same workspace?
Hybrid across materials
Across all users, and their individual functions, various materials can
be used in the interiors. How can one decide these materials, and
provide a safe and comfortable space for all residents?
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DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
To help you build the brief, here are the factors to consider in your design:
1. Site context, orientation and climate.
2. Client/User profile.
3. Sustainable living.
4. You can look into any of the above suggestions to introduce ‘Hybrid’ into your design.
5. Work/Study-from-home space for different family members, garden/s, outdoor spaces,
space for senior citizen(s), isolation room, etc.
Teams are also encouraged to consider the following factors in their designs:
1. Landscape.
2. Energy.
3. Ecological considerations.
4. Community life/social ecosystems.
5. Sustainable living.
SUBMISSION FORMAT
It is an ONLINE SUBMISSION.
A maximum of twelve A3 sheets (landscape orientation) with a readable
scale of drawing and legible text. All sheets are to be compiled into a
SINGLE PDF (20MB maximum).
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Submission Format:
It is an ONLINE SUBMISSION. You can upload your submission after logging in on
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Your name or any identification should not feature on the sheets.
The pdf file should be named by the participants’ first names followed by the
college name. For instance if abc is the participant from xyz college, the file name
would be “abc_xyz”. In case, abc is sending multiple entries, the subsequent files
will be named as “abc1_xyz” “abc2_xyz” and so on. We will assign ID numbers to
each submission to ensure anonymity.
Please restrict your word limit on the sheets to 100-150 words per sheet.
Include the North arrow for the plans and a graphical scale for ALL drawings.
Include a summarized area statement of your design with reference to the byelaws
on not more than a single A4 sheet.
Include a scanned version of your student ID/college bonafide along with your entry.
COMPETITION FORMAT
Transparence 16.0 is open to undergraduate students of architecture and
design Recent graduates from 2021 are also eligible to participate.
Teams to comprise a maximum of three members. You are allowed to make
teams with students from different batches or even different colleges.
Shortlisted teams will be invited to the Grand Finale, to make a
presentation before a selected panel of jury.
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EVALUATION CRITERIA
Concept, and evolution of hybrid design.
Selection of the site, and integration of the intervention with the site and context.
Originality/Innovation.
Incorporation of factors enhancing factors such as well-being, community
living etc. into design, and quality of the spaces.
Clarity and comprehensibility of design.
Sustainability in design.
Delivery and Presentation - use of appropriate visual aids, graphics and technical
information.
AWARDS
National Winner: Rs 75000/- per team, a trophy and a certificate.
National First-Runner-Up: Rs 50000/- per team, a trophy and a certificate.
National Second-Runner-Up: Rs 25000/- per team, a trophy and a certificate.
All participants with submissions that are found technically complete by the jury
will be awarded a participation certificate.
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Important Dates
Last date for registration: 19th December, 2021
Last date for submission: 26th December, 2021
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